Cristo Fernández

Director, Producer & Screenwriter; Actor Known for "Ted Lasso"

Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins

Actress, Producer & Content Creator

Ruth E. Carter

Academy Award-Winning Costume Designer; Best Known for Her Work on "Selma" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Righ...

Rachel Chavkin

Tony Award-Nominated Stage Director; Best Known for "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"

James Veitch

Comedian, Writer, Director, Producer & Tech Influencer

Julie Dash

Director & Writer Known for "Daughters of the Dust"; First Black Woman to Direct A Full-Length General Theatrical Release Film in the U.S.

Jeff Orlowski-Yang

Award-winning Filmmaker, Photographer, Entrepreneur & Climate Change Activist

Ginger Gonzaga

Actress, Director, Writer, Comedian, Mental Health Advocate, Known For Disney/Marvel's "She-Hulk: Attorney At Law," CBS’ "True Lies"

Rebecca Sugar

Award-Winning Animator, Director, Screenwriter, Producer & Songwriter; Known as the Creator of "Steven Universe"

Kemp Powers

Writer, Director & Producer Known for "One Night in Miami," "Soul" & "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"

Dee Rees

Award-Winning Writer & Director Known for "Pariah"

Jonathan Jackson

Five-time Emmy Award winning actor and current star of ABC primetime drama ‘Nashville.’

Michael Rosenbaum

Actor, Producer, Singer & Comedian; Known for Playing Lex Luthor on "Smallville"

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Award-Winning Director & Documentary Filmmaker Best Known for "Free Solo"

Zazie Beetz

Emmy Award-Nominated Actress; Known for "Atlanta"

Chazz Palminteri

New York born-and-raised character actor Chazz Palminteri was a natural choice to continue the Italianate torch in film.

Thomas Kail

Tony Award-Winning Film and Theater Director Known for "Hamilton" and "In the Heights"

Pauline Chalamet

Actress, Writer & Director Known for "The King of Staten Island" & "Comme des Grands"

Gates McFadden

Actress, Director, and Producer

Bethany Joy Lenz

Actress, Singer-Songwriter & Filmmaker; Known For "One Tree Hill"

Julie Taymor

Film, Opera, & Academy Award-Nominated Theater Director

Annie Dorsen

Theater Director & Writer Producing

Hiro Murai

Music Video Director, Known For Childish Gambino's "This is America"

Lorraine Toussaint

Actress, Known for "Orange Is The New Black"

James Ponsoldt

Director, Producer & Writer Known for "The Spectacular Now" and "The End of the Tour"

Steve Levitan

Co-Creator, Executive Producer of ABC's Modern Family

Celine Song

Director, Playwright & Screenwriter

How director Celine Song hopes you'll feel about Past Lives

Kaz & Ryan Firpo

Award-winning Directors and Screenwriters

Nia DaCosta

Writer, Director & Filmmaker; First Black Woman to Direct a Marvel Film

Hannah Beachler

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"